Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Rich
The borrower
Bible References
Rich
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.
Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.
Proverbs 18:23
The poor uses intreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
Amos 2:6
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Israel and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes,
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, and cut off the poor of the land,
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not the rich oppress you with tyranny and draw you with violence to the courts?
James 5:1
Come now, Oh ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
The borrower
2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, Thy slave, my husband, is dead; and thou knowest that thy slave feared the LORD; and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves.
Nehemiah 5:4
And there were some that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people so with the priest; as with the slave so with his master; as with the maid so with her mistress; as with the buyer so with the seller; as with the lender so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury so with the giver of usury to him.
Matthew 18:25
But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.